Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Anna Maria - Mieke - Miek Wehkamp (1923-1986)

Day of marriage October 27, 1955

• The temperature on October 27, 1955 was between 3.3 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (8%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
  • March 2 » Norodom Sihanouk, king of Cambodia, abdicates the throne in favor of his father, Norodom Suramarit.
  • June 2 » The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.
  • June 14 » Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
  • July 17 » Disneyland is dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.
  • September 16 » A Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.
  • November 1 » The Vietnam War begins.

Day of death May 12, 1986

• The temperature on May 12, 1986 was between 8.4 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1986: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • March 24 » The Loscoe gas explosion leads to new UK laws on landfill gas migration and gas protection on landfill sites.
  • April 28 » The United States Navy aircraft carrier USSEnterprise becomes the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to transit the Suez Canal, navigating from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea to relieve the USSCoral Sea.
  • May 2 » Chernobyl disaster: The City of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the disaster.
  • September 6 » In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal's organization kill 22 and wound six congregants inside the Neve Shalom Synagogue during Shabbat services.
  • October 3 » TASCC, a superconducting cyclotron at the Chalk River Laboratories in Canada, is officially opened.
  • November 3 » The Compact of Free Association becomes law, granting the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands independence from the United States.

Day of burial May 17, 1986

• The temperature on May 17, 1986 was between 4.1 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1986: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • February 16 » The Soviet liner MSMikhail Lermontov runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.
  • March 3 » The Australia Act 1986 commences, causing Australia to become fully independent from the United Kingdom.
  • March 7 » Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USSPreserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor.
  • November 26 » The trial of John Demjanjuk, accused of committing war crimes as a guard at the Nazi Treblinka extermination camp, starts in Jerusalem.
  • November 29 » The Surinamese military attacks the village of Moiwana during the Suriname Guerrilla War, killing at least 39 civilians, mostly women and children.
  • December 23 » Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without aerial or ground refueling.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1980 » Lillian Roth, American actress (b. 1910)
• 1981 » Benjamin Sheares, Singaporean professor and politician, 2nd President of Singapore (b. 1907)
• 1985 » Jean Dubuffet, French painter and sculptor (b. 1901)
• 1986 » Elisabeth Bergner, German actress (b. 1897)
• 1992 » Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and songwriter (b. 1911)
• 1992 » Robert Reed, American actor (b. 1932)